Input Plesk Migrator: One Plesk Server to a New Plesk Server

[ict2842]

Hello all. I am running Plesk on a server in Los Angeles and will be setting up a new and replacement server in Dallas. I need to migrate all data (settings, services plans, subscriptions, and client/subscription data) to Dallas. I am in the process of reading the Plesk Migrator docs to see if this is the route I should go and what data would need to be migrated before hand.

I run the latest version of Plesk, currently at "Plesk Obsidian v18.0.32_build1800201204.22 os_CentOS 7". I do plan to use CentOS 8 on the new server, if that matters.

What is the easiest way to do this?

My current thought process here is as follows:
> Install CentOS 8. Perform all upgrades & updates.
> Install Plesk. Install Components and Extensions. Perform any upgrades & updates, if necessary.
> Go through each and every link/button in "Tools & Settings" and manually duplicate settings on the "current" server. (Please tell me there is a better way to do this.)
> Transfer data (services plans, subscriptions, and client/subscription data) using either Plesk Migrator or manually downloading everything and reuploading it onto the new server, assuming the Plesk Migrator is the way to go here.

 

[Bitpalast]

> Go through each and every link/button in "Tools & Settings" and manually duplicate settings on the "current" server. (Please tell me there is a better way to do this.)

No better way.

> Transfer data (services plans, subscriptions, and client/subscription data) using either Plesk Migrator or manually downloading everything and reuploading it onto the new server, assuming the Plesk Migrator is the way to go here.

Use Plesk Migrator.

 

[websavers]

Yep, we do the same. In terms of copying settings, we built a standardization script that uses Plesk CLI and DB updates to configure each server exactly as we like it. That saves a huge chunk of time, though it definitely took a while to build.

We use Plesk Migrator for the data transfer. Then block web and email access to the source server at the firewall level, run a re-sync (differential), move the live IPs to the destination server, run reconfigurator to remap the IPs to the original/live ones. That way the IPs don't even need to change.

 

[ict2842]

No better way.

Use Plesk Migrator.

Thank you!

 

[ict2842]

Yep, we do the same. In terms of copying settings, we built a standardization script that uses Plesk CLI and DB updates to configure each server exactly as we like it. That saves a huge chunk of time, though it definitely took a while to build.

We use Plesk Migrator for the data transfer. Then block web and email access to the source server at the firewall level, run a re-sync (differential), move the live IPs to the destination server, run reconfigurator to remap the IPs to the original/live ones. That way the IPs don't even need to change.

Thank you!